Aboutissement d'une exploration systématique de toutes les sources disponibles, tant latines qu'orientales, ce gros ouvrage constitue une somme encore inégalée sur l'histoire des croisades et du royaume latin de Jérusalem. L'édifice repose sur une étude attentive de la situation…
"This book provides a rather unusual view of the Syrian Jewish community in that while ostensibly dealing with the appointment and dismissal of chief rabbis between 1744 and 1914 it in fact considers the power struggles within the community in the context of the new secularity t…
"This book provides a rather unusual view of the Syrian Jewish community in that while ostensibly dealing with the appointment and dismissal of chief rabbis between 1744 and 1914 it in fact considers the power struggles within the community in the context of the new secularity t…
"This book provides a rather unusual view of the Syrian Jewish community in that while ostensibly dealing with the appointment and dismissal of chief rabbis between 1744 and 1914 it in fact considers the power struggles within the community in the context of the new secularity t…
A dramatic account of traditional Jewish society in the Ottoman Empire at a time when societal norms were being challenged.
Der vorliegende Sammelband ist der Forschung zu ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Nābulusī (1641-1731), einem herausragenden Religionswissenschaftler, Sufisten und Literaten aus dem ottomanischen Syrien des 17.-18. Jahrhunderts, gewidmet.
The present volume is dedicated to the study of 'Abd al-Ghanī al-Nābulusī (1641-1731), an outstanding religious scholar, sufi thinker and man of letters from 17th-18th-century Ottoman Syria. With its focus on a careful examination of Nābulusī's multifaceted and enriching textual…
Leila Fawaz's pioneering study tells the story of the 1860 civil wars that began in Mount Lebanon and spilled over into Damascus. This period witnessed the most severe outbreak of sectarian violence in the history of Ottoman Syria and Lebanon. The author's close analytical narra…
The triumphant Muslim capital is the setting for the fourth in the brilliant series set in the dying days of the Roman Empire, featuring the most compelling anti-hero since Flashman. Murderous intrigue brings Aelric - Blake's engaging, murderous antihero - to Damascus as the tri…
The triumphant Muslim capital is the setting for the fourth in the brilliant series set in the dying days of the Roman Empire, featuring the most compelling anti-hero since Flashman. Murderous intrigue brings Aelric - Blake's engaging, murderous antihero - to Damascus as the tri…